Barb-fence signal



(No Model.)

R. E. RIALE.

BARB FENCE SIGNAL. I No. 367,664. Patented Aug.' 2, 1887.

9i? ITNESSESI INVENTOR Z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. RIALE, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

BARB-FENCE SIGNAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,664, dated August z, 1887.

Application filed May 5, 1887.

T aZZ whom it may cancern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. RIALE, of Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barb-Fence Signals, which improvement is fully set forthin the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which 7 FigureI is a side view of a barbwire fence with the signals attached thereto, and Fig. II illustrates the method of attaching the signals to the fence.

This invention relates to improved attachments for barb-wire fences; and its object is to remove the chief objection to said fences by providing a cheap, durable, efficient, and easily-applied device, whereby the fence is rendered plainly visible at all times, so that cattle and other live stock may see the danger and avoid injury.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the signal, which consists of a strip of thin hoopiron, which should be galvanized or otherwise protected from oxidation. To prepare the strip, it is only necessary to cut one end in the form shown at B. In this shape it is easily and quickly attached,and at the same time, being slightly inclined from the perpendicular, it is retained in position by its own gravity. The strip is doubled over the up- Serial No. 237,172.

per wire of the fence,as at G, and finally locked by folding back the corner orlip,as at D. The lower end of the strip is perforated and provided with a wire, E, which is coiled around the fence-wire below.

I am aware that heretofore, and for the same general purpose Iliave in view, narrow strips of metal have been attached vertically and di agonally to fence-wires by bending the upper and lower ends of same over said wires and then riveting them thereby in position. Such strips I do not claim, nor such a method of attaching same in position.

WVhat I claim as new is- In combination with lence-wires,a signal consisting of a narrow metal strip, A, cutaway at its upper end, at B, and having attached at its D. IV. NELLIs, M. E. SAFFORD. 

